republic-os/legislation/us/states/sc/2017-2018/h-4968.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 489 OF 1998, RELATING TO THE ADVISORY ELECTION AMONG PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE TO THE PICKENS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER; TO DESIGNATE THE OFFICE OF THE PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AS THE POLLING LOCATION FOR THE ELECTION; TO ESTABLISH A VOTING PERIOD DURING THE BOARD'S NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION IN WHICH TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION, TO AUTHORIZE ABSENTEE VOTING, AND TO SPECIFY WHEN THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY SHALL MEET TO CERTIFY RESULTS. - ratified title	AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 489 OF 1998, RELATING TO THE ADVISORY ELECTION AMONG PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE TO THE PICKENS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER; TO DESIGNATE THE OFFICE OF THE PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AS THE POLLING LOCATION FOR THE ELECTION; TO ESTABLISH A VOTING PERIOD DURING THE BOARD'S NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION IN WHICH TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION, TO AUTHORIZE ABSENTEE VOTING, AND TO SPECIFY WHEN THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY SHALL MEET TO CERTIFY RESULTS. - ratified title	us/states/sc	South Carolina General Assembly	2017-2018	H 4968	South Carolina H 4968 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Clary Collins Hiott	6	16	1	2018-02-21	2018-10-16	openstates	ocd-bill/e602a5cc-4f5e-4ee4-a545-435ae46351e7	http://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4968&session=122&summary=B	4ac3f8a506546311d237963c7917f96c8686392c82cd09e0d59c96c4562d1602	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sc

South Carolina H 4968 (2017-2018) — AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 489 OF 1998, RELATING TO THE ADVISORY ELECTION AMONG PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS TO NOMINATE A CANDIDATE TO THE PICKENS COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER, SO AS TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE FOR FILLING A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF PICKENS COUNTY VETERANS AFFAIRS OFFICER; TO DESIGNATE THE OFFICE OF THE PICKENS COUNTY BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AS THE POLLING LOCATION FOR THE ELECTION; TO ESTABLISH A VOTING PERIOD DURING THE BOARD'S NORMAL HOURS OF OPERATION IN WHICH TO CONDUCT THE ELECTION, TO AUTHORIZE ABSENTEE VOTING, AND TO SPECIFY WHEN THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS OF PICKENS COUNTY SHALL MEET TO CERTIFY RESULTS. - ratified title

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 2/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
2. 3/20/2018 (committee substitute) — source
3. 3/21/2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. 3/21/2018-A (committee substitute) — source
5. 3/23/2018 (committee substitute) — source
6. 3/7/2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage of Bill — 70–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clary — primary (person)
• Collins — primary (person)
• Hiott — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-02-21 Introduced and read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-21 Referred to Pickens Delegation
• 2018-03-07 Committee report: Favorable Pickens Delegation committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-20 Amended amendment-passage
• 2018-03-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-20 Roll call Yeas-70 Nays-0
• 2018-03-21 Read third time and sent to Senate passage, reading-3
• 2018-03-21 Introduced, read first time, placed on local & uncontested calendar introduction, reading-1
• 2018-03-21 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-03-23 Scrivener's error corrected
• 2018-03-28 Read third time and enrolled passage, reading-3
• 2018-04-03 Ratified R 159
• 2018-04-04 Signed By Governor executive-signature
• 2018-04-06 Effective date 04/04/18
• 2018-10-16 Act No. 282

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e602a5cc-4f5e-4ee4-a545-435ae46351e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).